Writing in The Week, journalist Theara Coleman has declared 2023 "the year of the loneliness epidemic." In May, the US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, said loneliness posed a public health risk on a par with smoking and drinking.
Dec 18, 2023
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, extensive research has emerged detailing the virus's ability to attack multiple organ systems, potentially resulting in a set of enduring and often disabling health problems known as long ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Numerous studies have shown that social isolation and loneliness are associated with an increased risk of early death, on a scale comparable to other known risk factors such as smoking and obesity. This year, the US surgeon ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Diet quality among adolescents in the United States is among the worst across all age groups, putting young people at risk for heart attack, stroke, and diabetes, among other cardiometabolic diseases later in life. The research ...
Dec 13, 2023
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There appears to be a common understanding that there is a mental health crisis among young people, but has society understood why?
Dec 13, 2023
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Becoming a caregiver to an aging parent or spouse can be stressful, but a new study from a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin is questioning the idea that family caregiving is also a risk factor for depression.
Dec 12, 2023
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Before the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were considered one of the most effective and widely used therapies to reduce the risk of progression to severe COVID, especially ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Removing race information from cardiovascular risk calculators—which predict the probability of developing heart disease—doesn't affect patients' risk scores, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian ...
Dec 8, 2023
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A new study demonstrates that the human gut microbiome may be a factor in breast health. Lifestyle and diet have long been known to affect human health. In the study, flaxseed components called lignans were shown to influence ...
Dec 7, 2023
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In a new study conducted at the University of Bergen, the researchers found a bidirectional relationship between C-section and the time it takes for a couple to conceive. The findings are published in the American Journal ...
Dec 7, 2023
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